"Put not the slightest trust in those who present the virtue of humility
as something degrading, or as a virtue condemning us to a permanent
state of dejection. To know we are made of clay, riveted together again,
is a continual source of joy. It means acknowledging our littleness in
the eyes of God: a little child, a son. Can there be any joy to compare
with that of the person who, knowing himself to be poor and weak, knows
also that he is a son of God? Why do we men become dejected? It is
because life on earth does not go the way we had hoped, or because
obstacles arise which prevent us from satisfying our personal ambitions."
